Censorship Project

John Stossel SUES Facebook, Alleges Defamation Over Fact-Check
Famous conservative commentator John Stossel reportedly filed suit against Facebook for placing fact-check labels on his videos.

Apple Bans Fortnite from App Store
Apple has banned Fortnite, a popular video game among teens, from its app store.

Tech Trade Group Sues Texas Over New Anti-Censorship Law
NetChoice, a prominent tech trade group, is suing Texas over its anti-censorship law.

Facebook Rigs News Feed — Deboosts ‘Problematic’ Content
Facebook openly announced its plans it uses to demote content, but at least it’s attempting to be transparent about the process. Right, Facebook?

BIAS Abounds! Pew: 48% of US Adults Get News from Social Media
A startlingly large percentage of U.S. adults still get their news from social media — even after a MRC survey showed that Big Tech and Big Media teamed up to steal the 2020 election.

James Murdoch Gave $1M to Pro-Big Tech Censorship Lib Group
Climate activist James Murdoch gave at least $1 million to a group fighting to undermine state oversight of elections. That same group also backed Big Tech censorship against former President Donald Trump.

Democrat, GOP Senators Agree: Big Tech is the New ‘Big Tobacco’
Senators met today for a bipartisan session of beating up Big Tech firms for a multitude of controversies — especially the mistreatment of teens. Republicans and Democrats agreed in a rare show of bipartisanship that social media has hidden its harmful side effects much like Big Tobacco.

Facebook Oversight Board Calls for More Transparency
The Facebook Oversight Board has called for more transparency from the platform after The Wall Street Journal report.

Misinformation Studies Relied on Bogus Facebook Data
Facebook admitted that data it shared with researchers in Feb. 2020 was severely flawed. The result discredited any study relating to so-called “misinformation,” alleged radicalization or political polarization that used the Facebook information.

53-to-1: Big Tech Censors GOP Members of Congress Tons More than Dems
Censorship has hit Republican Senators Rand Paul (KY) and Ron Johnson (WI), Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and other Republicans in Congress. But besides censoring those Republicans already in Congress, Big Tech has also…

Facebook Exec on Defense, Says WSJ Series Mischaracterizes Platform
Facebook criticized The Wall Street Journal after it conducted a deep-dive investigation into the platform and some of its practices.

‘Removed Mistakenly’; YouTube Censors, Reinstates 9/11 Video
Twenty years after the biggest terror attack in America’s history, YouTube censored a video commemorating its victims. YouTube removed a Sept. 11, 2001 commemorative video posted by an ACT For America staffer, explaining: “[W]e think it violates our violent criminal organizations policy. We know you may not have realized this was a violation of our policies, so we're not applying a strike to…

Alabama Joins 10 Other States to Support Florida ‘Free Speech’ Law
Alabama is the eleventh state to join Florida’s fight against Big Tech.